B Street : the notorious playground of Coulee Dam / Lawney L. Reyes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reyes, Lawney L.

Series:

Naomi B. Pascal Editor's Endowment

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Colville Indians--History.

Colville Indians.

Colville Indians--Government relations.

Water resources development--Columbia River Watershed--History.

Water resources development.

Colville Indian Reservation (Wash.)--History.

Colville Indian Reservation (Wash.).

Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.)--History.

Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.).

Grand Coulee (Wash.)--History.

Grand Coulee (Wash.).

Grand Coulee (Wash.)--Ethnic relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (182 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Seattle : University of Washington Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

B Street tells intimate stories about the street of shops, restaurants, bars, and brothels where the workmen who built the Grand Coulee Dam spent their recreational hours and wages. From the beginning, B Street was the place to play and let off steam for the white workingmen who had faced the hard times of the Depression. It was a raucous playground that denied blacks and most dark-skinned Indians access to the frivolity, good times, and pretty ladies that were the main attractions of that provocative place.This vivid story of a colorful era is based largely on the memories of Lawney L. Reyes. As a young boy he wandered B Street with his little sister, Luana, and their dog, Pickles, while their Indian mother and Filipino father eked out a living running a Chinese restaurant. His mother's diary and the stories told by his parents and older members of the Sin-Aikst tribe contribute to his story.Reyes tells of hard times, dreams, and extreme courage and reveals the humor, toughness, and recklessness of the adventurers who came to work on the dam. He also describes the history and culture of the Indians whose villages were flooded and whose way of life was irrevocably changed by the building of the Grand Coulee Dam.

Contents:

Moccasin telegraph

The town hall

Family planning

B Street

Working stiffs

Pretty ladies

Woo dip

Show business

The China man

Ceremony of tears.

Notes:

"How the building of Grand Coulee Dam changed forever the lives of one Indian family and devastated an entire tribe"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-155).

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ISBN:

9780295803340

0295803347

OCLC:

824359870